Today's News

With politicos from around the county filing petitions to qualify for the August election, they were recently met with another batch of paperwork.

The office seekers who had previously given notice to the election commission who would serve as their treasurer filed campaign financial disclosure statements at the end of January.

This meant 21 candidates had to declare the finances of their campaigns along with expenditures if those totals exceeded $1,000. They were also to report any financial obligations, in excess of $1,000, they had made but yet to pay.

Relay for Life will have a team meeting Feb. 18 at 5:30 p.m. at Jacksboro Middle School. The Friends of Norris Lake will meet Feb. 18, at 7 p.m. at the LaFollette Community Center to review the results of a public survey on lake control measures.

Campbell County High School’s girls picked up a bittersweet victory Tuesday night at Knox Halls.

The Lady Cougars won the game, 57-55, on Jessica Moore’s free throws with 8.2 seconds left.

However, the triumph was overshadowed by an injury to sophomore point guard Courtney Morris, who was hurt halfway through the second quarter. Morris went down with a possible lower back injury at the 4:28 mark and had to be carted off on a stretcher. Campbell County was leading 14-13 at the time.

Nick Litton may have found himself a new position on the basketball court.

The 6-foot-3 Campbell County High School sophomore answered the call of duty Monday night when asked to guard Anderson County’s top gun, Tyler Smith.

Litton held Smith to only four points in the second half of the Cougars’ 61-59 victory, but he did much more than shadow the Mavericks’ star player. Litton finished with 13 points to provide valuable offensive punch for a team that has often struggled to score from the perimeter this season.